carpetbagger

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St. John is a Christian speaker and home schooling advocate who has feuded with Kent, a decorated Army Ranger combat veteran, calling him a carpetbagger with few ties to the 3rd District.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Massachusetts native Robert F. Kennedy faced carpetbagger complaints when he ran for the Senate in New York in 1964.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Some personal issues dogged Durant, along with accusations of being a carpetbagger who hardly ever voted in Alabama.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

And when I make my yearly trip to Dodger Stadium, I have to swallow bile when I fork over $20 to the carpetbagger from Boston.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2020

Leslie, a South Carolina carpetbagger, declared that "South Carolina has no right to be a state unless she can support her statesmen," and he proceeded to live up to this principle.

From The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states by Fleming, Walter Lynwood